Dogs – and their owners –celebrated on trails and in parks Sunday afternoon. Parents took strolls with strollers along the Red River, and kids hit skateparks and playgrounds to take advantage of the warm-up.

After a long winter with few long walks for her dachshund Dobby, Moorhead resident Michelle Kittleson said it was “nice to be out in the weather again” near Fargo’s Lindenwood Park. Dobby still wore his coat though.

The unreasonable cold of the winter will quickly shift into unseasonable warmth.

The National Weather Service’s forecast for Wednesday calls for a high of 73 degrees in Fargo-Moorhead – about 20 degrees warmer than the normal high temperatures for the second week in April.

The highest recorded temperature for April 9 in the Fargo area was 86 degrees in 1887, according to the National Weather Service.

White pegged Wednesday’s high at an even 70. That warmth should have a compound effect, he said, melting what little snow remains in the metro, helping boost temperatures more.

That would be welcome news for White.

“I don’t want to see snow anymore. I’m done with it,” he said.

White said he expects much of the rest of the week to be in the mid- to high 50s before cooling down into the 40s on Sunday.